Xu^rr.EK 44. September 12, 1917. 



OCCASIONAL PAPERS OF THE MUSEUM OF 

 ZOOLOGY 



UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 



Ann Arbor, Miceiigan. Publiseied by the University. 



A MOST REGRETABLE TANGLE OF NAMES 

 By T, Barbour. 



For the benefit of the zoologists of the future it is only 

 just to attempt to settle the standing of certain names proposed 

 in leaflets, privately printed, which may cause great confusion 

 in future zoological nomenclature. In these leaflets, which ap- 

 peared within a few days of each other, the same names are 

 used for the same creatures independently described by two 

 authors. Thus is the case badly complicated. For the sake 

 of fixing the status of these names I have assumed that the 

 dates printed upon each of the so-called "Herpetological 

 Notices" is correct. Since most herpetologists have not seen 

 these papers a description of each is in order. 



I. Herpetological Notices | No. i — June 15, 191 2 | Pro- 

 drome of a Description of a New Genus of Ranidae from | the 

 LooChoo Islands | by | Surgeon J. C. Thompson, U. S. N. | 

 vSan Francisco | Published by the Author | 19 12. 



The title page is page i. Upon page 2 and 3 is given a 

 short diagnosis of Babina, a new genus of Ranidae, having the 



